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Childrens hospitals creative Button Project is the perfect way to calm intimidated kids
Read full article: Childrens hospitals creative Button Project is the perfect way to calm intimidated kidsThe Monroe Carell Jr. Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville has come up with a creative way to keep everyone safe and allow the children to actually see the face of the nurse whos working with them. Masks can be scary for some children, depending on their developmental stage, said Barb Shultz, administrative director of Surgical Services. I am so proud of them.So far, more than 150 buttons have been distributed to teams and staff across the Childrens Hospital and Surgical Service. Nurse Cory Smeltzer and Charlaysia Rucker, with Patient Services, working with a 5-year-old patient while wearing their button. Children's Hospital has launched the "Button Project" to help child patients feel better about seeing everyone in masks at the hospital during COVID-19.